A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Kazuo Ishiguro

Fuku Eri

Banana Yoshimoto

Haruki Murakami
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
A ghost

Kazuo

An unnamed narrator

Kiki
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
1982

1945

2001

1999
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?
Japan

United States

China

Canada
5 Near what major city does the action of "A Family Supper" take place?
New York

Toronto

Beijing

Tokyo
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?
Present tense

Past tense

Future tense

Pluperfect
7 What form does "A Family Supper" take?
Play

Animated film

Novel

Short story
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Literary fiction

Nonfiction essay

Science fiction

Children's Literature
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Eel

Pufferfish

Salmon

Tuna
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
His mother died from eating it

His family ran a fugu restaurant

His father died from eating it

It's his favorite food
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?
Its eyes

Its sexual glands

Its stomach

Its gills
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?
They become bed-bound for a year

They die at the table

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?
California

London

Tokyo

Toronto
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Canada

France

Germany

Japan
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?
Type of fish

Drinking glass

Woven floor mat

Variety of Japanese tea
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?
Prime Minister Abe

Deng Xiaoping

Chou En-lai

Mao Zedong
17 Why did Father retire from working?
He wanted to spend more time with his wife

The government forced him into retirement

His firm collapsed

He sold his business
18 Who is Watanabe?
Father's business partner

Mother's brother

The narrator's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He was disgraced when his business collapsed

It was an accident

He had cheated on Kikuko

He had cheated on his wife
20 What does Kikuko do?
She is a doctor

She is a university student

She is a chef

She is a maid
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Toronto

Kamakura

Osaka

Tokyo
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?
Covered patio

Zen rock garden

Japanese pond

Synonym for lawn
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?
Chewing gum

Smoking

Spitting

Drinking
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?
Watanabe

Suichi

Kazumi

Kobe
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?
Finding her mother's killer

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Jumping in a well

Moving home with her father

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